The Motif Collective - Art of Steel April 2015 Edition by John Adams

The M if Collective

Art of Steel

April 2015 Edition

The Motif Collective

PUBLISHER, EDITOR & PHOTOGRAPHER

John E Adams

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Welcome!

Welcome to our Second Edition of “The Motif Collective Art of Steel” Being one of the only independent Fine Art Photography Magazines in the world, and without any advertising we take great pride in our work presenting these magnificent automobiles with a very high level of distinctive respect. With no overhead and a commitment only to personal inspirations and visions, we operate completely independent of mainstream demands and expectations. We are also unique in that most of this work is from specific individual events which will be identified in our publications only when the sponsoring organization supported our requests for Media Access to shoot it. We have discovered some organizations do not recognize what we do; producing quality fine art images, detailed blog entries all year long, dedicated event books, printed and online

magazines etc. as having any relevant media value. Maybe it really doesn’t but our passion for shooting cars and sharing our vision will still go on without their support and this edition covers one of those events with sponsors that do not recognize us as a relevant entity in the Media. Trying to produce Fine Art Quality Automotive and Motorcycle event photography without being sponsored or on the Event Staﬀ is a very challenging yet rewarding environment to shoot. They are always crowded, the photographer has no control of the light and only one chance to get the image, with no location selections, retakes or control of vehicle positioning this leaves only passion, patience and many hours “Post Processing” in the digital darkroom. As far as Magazine Production, add to that the idea of going into a world where 99% of the competitors work on the shelves is completely staged by a paid professional Photographer where they pick the location, times, add lights, edit shoot and re-shoot etc., and you face an even bigger challenge! We sincerely hope you enjoy our eﬀorts and collection of Automobiles put together for our April 2015 Edition. Prints of these images may be purchased online where we also welcome comments, feedback, or questions, stop by to visit or drop us a line anytime via our Website at: www.AdamsViews.net JOHN E ADAMS Editor-in-Chief

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1920 Miller TNT Race Car

Henry Miller was intrigued by metallurgy; in 1919, he decided to build a racecar that was conceived as a tour-de-force of his foundry work. The body consisted of aluminum panels and the engine was encased by an alloy carapace so that no hood was necessary. The car is shown in its ﬁnal design with a normal hood, in reality took over from the concept. The original design called for a four cylinder with 166 cubic inches, but was never successful. The car failed to qualify at Indianapolis, in 1920. The Owner Eddie Maier, a Los Angeles Brewer was embarrassed he put the car in storage at the brewery along with its failed engine. That engine was given to a wartime scrap drive and an unknown engine was ﬁtted. The car was purchased by Bob Sutherland and a Miller 183CID 8 cylinder installed in the 1980’s. This is one of only three Miller 18.3 engines existing. The TNT has been raced competitively since then and continues to compete at the annual Miller Club events in Milwaukee.

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1933 Miller The Red Lion

1927 Cooper MIller

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1932 Miller Four Wheel Drive

1931 MIller Seal Fast

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1967 Mirage Ford M1 GT40 Coupe This is the first of the lightweight Mirages built to compete in the World Sportscar Championship. It is the only one to survive in Mirage configuration. It is more aerodynamic than its predecessor’s featuring slimmer, smoother bodywork. Most notable is the narrow roofline. It is powered by a 7.0 liter Ford V8 generating 485 hp and 475 ft-lb of torque. This car M10001, participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but did not finish. The following year new engine limits prevented it from getting a second chance. It continued to compete in the other races from 1967 through 1969 establishing and impressive record of wins.

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1910 Benz Prinz Heinrich Racing Touring Car This 190 Benz racer is from the Mercedes Benz Museum collection in Stuttgart, Germany. Newly restored by Mercedes Benz Classic, the dark green 1910 Prinz Heinrich car wearing race number 38 is considered by many automotive historians to be the ďŹ rst sports car. It is just one of ten Prinz Heinrich racers constructed between 1908 and 1910.

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany. Juan Manuel Fangio

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1929 Dupont G

Eleven speedsters were built and three having rear mounted spare tires with the top exposed in the down (stored) position. This car, #949, was one of these and the only featuring a fold down windshield and exposed vertical center bar grille. The original owner was Charles Hirshorn, a New York manufacturer and inventor of the paper tea bag. Interesting features include: eight cylinder engine mated with a four speed transmission, four wheel Lockheed hydraulic brakes, one piece cast aluminum grille/radiator shell assembly, cast aluminum dash, all aluminum body and fenders, one of two built with a rumble seat and partial belly pans covering chassis frame and springs with a sinewy one piece fender flowing the full edge of the car. Several Dupont speedsters had a cannon radiator cap ornament, reflecting the family’s gun powder connection. This car’s mascot radiator cap is unique and was commissioned from Paris offices of Cartier. This particular radiator cap was bought early from another Dupont owner, FAO Schwartz, principle of the larger New York City toy store.

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1937 Cord 812 Sportsman Interior

1963 Corvette Grand Sport

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1963 Mickey Thomson Z06 Corvette

1902 Delahaye OA

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1929 Mimille Race Car â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mimille" is a mysterious race car from the 1920s that features a front-wheeldrive chassis similar to a Miller, as well as a Ford Model A engine with a Robert Roof special head.

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20 Pierce Arrow 7 Passenger Touring 1910

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1926 Kissel 875 Speedster The Kissel Kar Company was an American car company founded by Louis Kissel and his sons, George and William, on June 5, 1906 in Hartford, Wisconsin. The company custom built high-quality automobiles, hearses, fire trucks, taxicabs and utility vehicles. They offered trucks of 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ton capacities. During World War I they produced trucks for the military and prospered after the war, but with stiff competition and the Great Depression, mounting losses and an attempted hostile takeover, the company was forced into receivership in 1930. The cars themselves were very well assembled. They became a favorite of the Hollywood elite, such as Fatty Arbuckle, Amelia Earhart, Mary Pickford and country club members, everywhere.

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Sam Posey 1970 Dodge Challenger

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1934 Lincoln Semi Collapsible Cabriolet

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1924 Miller 122/183 Convertible Race CarÂ This 1924 Miller 122/183 Convertible Speed record car was created for Tommy Milton and designed to have quick, interchangeable engines. It was driven at the Mojave Desert with a 3-liter 183 engine to a speed of 151.25 miles per hour. With the 2liter 122 engine it traveled a speed of 141.17 miles per hour. It was just oďŹ&#x20AC; the land speed record set by Milton in a dual engine Duesenberg that displaced 10liters.

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1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato Spyder 29

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Miller Durant 1920 Special Race Car Cliff Durant commissioned Harry A. Miller to build the “Baby Chevrolet” in the spring of 1919. The original car, finished in early 1920, was first powered by a disappointing iron 4cylinder Miller engine. Under Tommy Milton’s guardship, an 8cylinder Duesenburg engine was installed in early fall of 1920. This combination also proved unsuccessful. On October 2, 1920, Milton ordered a new Miller engine, the design executed by Leo Gosseen. Milton raced the newly engined chassis with great success. The original car was destroyed in a racing accident on September 17, 1922, in Kansas City, MO. Only the engine was salvageable. This car was built (2005-2010) by Bill Castle (from age 85-90) as an intellectual engineering fabrication challenge to duplicate the original car. It gave new life to the original 183 cubic-inch, double overhead cam 8-cylinder engine.

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Ford 1966 GT40 Number 11

Peerless 1909 Model 19 Touring

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Ford 192 Boat Tail Speedster

Ford 1967 GT40 MK IV J-6

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1958 Ferrari Tour De France This car was raced at the “12 Hours Rheims” in 1958, was damaged and disassembled in the 1960s and remained that way for 40 years. A complete restoration was started in 2010. This car is powered by water-cooled, overhead-cam, 2,953 cc (2.95L), V12 engine developing about 260 horsepower, coupled to a 4-speed manual transmission. Coachwork is by Scaglietti.

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1927 Miller Number 8 Supercharged Front Drive This Miller was built by Harry A. Miller in 1927 as factory car #8. It is powered by a 91 cubic inch eight cylinder engine. It was ďŹ rst driven by Pete Depaolo and was raced at Indy, Altoona, Salem and other tracks and won the National Championship in 1927. It was restored in January of 2002.

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1929 Packard 640 Convertible Coupe Packard used a reliable straight eight to power its 1929 production. Theses Sixth Series cars received a larger 384 cubic inch straight eight, carrying nine main bearings and producing 105 horsepower. This car was originally purchased by Mel Hershey of Hershey, Pennsylvania. In the early 1960’s Maxime Choiniere from Quebec, bought the Packard from Mr. Hershey. Choiniere was well renowned throughout the Northeast for his restorations and the establishment of a museum in Grandby, Quebec. After Choiniere’s demise in 1993 the entire collection was auctioned and the present owner acquired the car. It was restored by Richard Grenon over a ﬁve year period. The car was completely dismantled and rebuilt from the underlying hardwood structure out.

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1922 Miller 122 This is the first Miller 122 ever built. It was one of two 122’s belonging to Tommy Milton and was built to his specifications, in 1922. There were seven low radiator chassis built by Harry Miller and this body is the only one surviving in its original configuration. The car sat on the pole of the 1923 Indianapolis 500, with a qualifying speed of 108 MPH. It went on to win the race and was Harry Miller’s first win as a builder, the first for a single seat car and made driver Tommy Milton the first ever two-time champion. Milton also broke the World Record for a one mile dirt surface track at Syracuse, New York with a time of 42.28 seconds.

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1965 Lamborghini 3500 GT Zagato Italian millionaire Ferruccio Lamborghini decided to build his own sports car because of his dissatisfaction with his Ferrari and the company’s failure to address his complaints. Following the prototype 350GTV, Lamborghini’s first production car was a two-seater names the 350GT with a top speed of more than 150 mph. About 120, 350GT coupes were built. Styling elements include recessed headlights, rear wheel semi skirts and a body side crease from the front fender to the door handle. In 1965 Zagato decided to select a new body to create the Lamborghini 3500 GTZ and was the first coachbuilder to put out a variant of the 350GT. Designed by Ercole Spada this car is one of only two 3500 GTZ automobiles ever built. The car is powered by a double-overhead-cam, V12, 3.5-liter engine producing 280 horsepower. It has a five-speed manual transmission, fully independent coil-spring suspension with anti-roll bars, wormand-roller steering and power-assisted Girling disc brakes. It weighs between 2650 - 2734 pounds.

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1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Berlinetta Tuboscocca

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1935 Auburn 851 Speedster

1957 Maserati 150 GT Spider

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1926 Bugatti Miller 41 Type 35 This car started life as a type 35 Bugatti GP car. O.A. Phillips raced it in this form until he acquired the currently installed Miller V8 engine. The engine came from a Miller 4wheel drive car that raced in Germany and blew up, throwing bits into the stands where Adolph Hitler was watching. Hitler was missed by inches. O.A. Phillips then swapped this Miller engine in and raced at Indianapolis in 1941 and 1946.

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1936 Duesenberg SJN

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1952 Glockler Porsche

This 1952 Glockler- Porsche Weidenhausen roadster was built by Walter Glockler, a Frankfort Porsche dealer, to campaign the 1952 German Sports Car Championship (under 1.5 liter formula). Driven by Helm Glockler, the car collected three wins on its way to the season’s title. At season’s end, Max Hoﬀman (the patron saint of importing cool cars to the U.S.) brought the car stateside. Sharing the driving with Johnny Von Newmann, the car was campaigned on both coasts. This car is considered to be the forerunner of the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder, the ﬁrst two of which also wear Weidenhausen aluminum bodies. Weighing in at 1,113 pounds, the Glockler weighed barely half as much as a stock 356 upon which it is based. The car has participated reliably and competitively at events in Pebble Beach, Villa D’ Este, Goodwood, Monterey, Amelia Island, the Quail, the Rennsport Reunion, The Porsche Parade, Concourse on the Avenue and the Legends of Autobahn Classic.

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1955 Fiat Abarth Boano Spyder

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1909 Thomas Flyer 670 Flyabout

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1935 41 Miller Ford Winfield V8 The genius of Harry Miller was again evident in the design and execution of the magnificent 1935 Miller Ford race cars. Beautifully styled and with streamlined independent suspension, they were unlike anything previous seen on American speedways. Unfortunately their creation was part of a Preston Tucker orchestrated fiasco. When they failed to perform well in the Indy 500, an angry Henry Ford locked them away in Detroit. Who knows how successful they could have been if Ford had allowed further development? By 1938 Ford’s anger must have subsided, as several Miller Fords had since made their way into private hands. This car is powered by a 220 cubic-inch Ford V8 side valve developing 150 horsepower. It ran as number 35 in the 1935 Indy 500, driven by George Bailey, qualified 29th at 113.432 mph and finished 26th.

1935 Miller FordÂ Indy Car

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1948 Tucker - Serial Number 1003

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1936 Jaguar SS100

In 1936 SS Cars Ltd. began producing an open two-seat sports model called the SS Jaguar 100. Along with the saloon (sedan) version, this was the ﬁrst car to bear the Jaguar name, later adopted for the entire marque. Very much a hand built car, it was treated as a showcase model by the manufacturer and not more than 300 were produced. Its rarity makes it one of the most desired sports cars. It has all the design features typical of and English sports car of the 1930s, sweeping curved fenders, long hood, large headlights and grille and huge wheel radius. No wonder a magazine called the SS100 “the cad’s car”. The car is powered by and overhead-valve, in-line, 2,664 cubic centimeters, six cylinder engine producing 102 horsepower. Coupled to the four-speed transmission the car has a top speed of 90 mph and sold for about $2,000 in 1936.

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1959 OSCA 372 FS The 1959 OSCA 372 FS has chassis #1196S and is ﬁtted with engine #1157 and coachwork by Fratelli Morellu. It was originally sold to OSCA importer Edgar Fronteras. In 1959, it competed at the Sebring 12 Hour races as an OSCA work car. In 1957 the Maserati brothers introduced the 372 FS as a successor to the MT4 TN. Between 1957 and 1959, ﬁve two-seaters and four single-seaters were constructed according to Orsini’s book. 372s competed in all European, South American and US races of the time including the Spa. Monza, Naples Nurburgring and Sebring. Four are known to exist today, one in Argentina, two in Europe including the one owned by Sir Stirling Moss. This OSCA was subjected to a full restoration in 2004-2006 by Auto Restoration LTD in Christchurch, NZ, after being found intact in a large plywood bow it had been stored in for 40+ years. This OSCA is powered by an all alloy, 4-cylinder, dual overhead cam, 1.5 liter engine constructed with two plugs per cylinder, twin Weber carburetors and mated to a 4-speed gearbox that produces 140+ hp and weighs 1,100 lbs

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1966 Lamborghini Miura

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1933 MG K2

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...we have a car. Not one of those cheap things made of chromium and spit but Iso a Fraschini. Have you ever heard of Iso a Fraschini? All handmade. It cost me twenty eight thousand dollars. Norma Desmond